This is definitely not important but I have a youtube channel ::) or whatever you call it and I was going to set it in the profile but nothing has tried is working. I've tried using my youtube name like it says. I've tried linking to the channel address. I've tried various things. I am sure I'm making some kind of obvious mistake. I'm pretty new to the youtube thing. So...anyone know what I need to do? Again, this isn't all that important.
Is your username different to your displayed name?
Quote from: Sephirah on July 04, 2014, 05:28:01 PM
Is your username different to your displayed name?
This is the problem. Have to use the name you logon with to youtube (the channel name/url) and not the name that is displayed as the name of the channel.
ok, what you all say makes complete sense but it's still not working. ::) I put in my username and nope. I am mystified.
Quote from: christopher on July 07, 2014, 09:51:51 AM
ok, what you all say makes complete sense but it's still not working. ::) I put in my username and nope. I am mystified.
What is the channel (link)? You're using an email address in it (as in a linked account) and not the name of the channel.
This is the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6PnYInW8skQej6nJAxICpw
ok, so when I login I'm using an email address. That's why I used that. I tried the channel name first and that didn't work. Can I PM you Flan?
Okay, Christopher, I know what the problem is with this. It's the merging of Google+ with Youtube last year. Accounts made after that don't have a /user/... so the forum plugin doesn't recognise the channel name.
There is a fix for it. You have to follow the steps below:
1. When you're logged in to Youtube, click your little icon in the upper right (next to the bell), and then click on the little gear symbol next to the "Creator Studio" box. This will take you to your Youtube account settings.
2. Below your name, with your email and your avatar, you'll see an "Advanced" link. Click on it. This will take you to your Youtube User ID, and your Channel ID. Both are long strings of text and numbers. And neither will work with this forum plugin.
3. Click on the "Create Custom URL" link and a box will pop up giving you a blank field to insert text and numbers of your choosing. This will change the URL of your channel to one with "/user/" in it, which this forum plugin WILL recognise.
4. Put the text you entered in the custom URL field (make sure you confirm the creation) into the Youtube field in your profile here. Not the full link, just the text you entered.
For example, if you entered something like "transitioningchris" into the Create Custom URL field on Youtube, then it would give you a link of https://www.youtube.com/user/transitioningchris. You only need to enter the text after the last / into the field here and it should link to your Youtube channel.
Sephirah you are awesome. It worked! Finally. :D
Thank you